Waste retainer



Nov. 2o, 1928. 1,692,335

R. H. DYER WASTE RETAINER Filed Sep'- 29. 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet leamwyltgez;

Nov. 20, 1928.

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Patented Nov.` 20, 1928.

- UNITED REAMEY n, DYER, or nonnoxn, vincfnirii` WASTE RETAINER.

Application filed September 29., 1927. Serial No. 222,773

This invention relates to, waste retainers p for car axle boxes, andisin the nature of an improvement to, or modification of, thewasteretainer disclosed and claimed in my prior application, Ser. No.125,363,1iled July 28, 192.6.

'Ihedevice of said application is a single piece of metal, preferably:pressed steel, comprising a transverse member adapted to extendacrossthe lface' of the journal collar, and a leg or, side memberextending back on each side of the journal, the outer edgesv of each 0fsaid lthree members having a downwardly extending flange to Aengage andretain the waste, while from the inner edge of each side member extendsupwardly a cheek member which is bent overrat its top toforma horizontalbearing surface, said surface being adapted tok be engaged bythe bottomfaces of 2f; the bearing brass, wherebythe retainer is kept in itsproper position.

The device, constituting the present invention, is similar to the saidprior device, but

instead of being an integral structure, is made z in two halves,constituting right and left hand sections, in order to facilitate itsintroduction to and removal from car ournal boxes. Owing to the presenceof the collar von the end of the journal and to the width ofthe bearingsurfaces on the cheek members, it is not always possible to insert orremove the former integral device from the boxes, without j ackingvupthe box, which operation the trainmen will not ordinarily perform whilethe train is en route, so that, in the event of a hot box, the wastecannot be removed until the car reaches a repair shop. To overcome thisobjection, I reduce the width of said bearing surfaces and divide theretainer, which otherwise may be identical with't-hat `of my said priorapplic-ation, or with that disclosed in another application filed by meon July 25, 1927, Ser. No. 208,203, by a central cut through the endtransverse member and the two parts may be hinged together,but, in

any case, are provided with means for detachably securing them togetherwhen in place, all as is hereinafter specifically described withreference to the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. 1 is a centrallongitudinal section through a box equipped with the improvedr retainer;

Fig. 2 is a crosssection on line 2-2 of sa y Fig. 41;

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; Eig is a plan view of one form of the retainer; i

Fig. t is a Fig.f2,;'y y v p Fig. 5 is a plan view of a modified formFig. 6 is a crosssection of thefsame on lineV cross-section online 4t-4ofl Fig. v7 is van underneath plan view of the; frontend of this formofretainer. l y c In these views, the box 17, brass 18 wedge 655 19` andjournal 20, having collar 21, are all as usualand are only shown toillustrate the, location of the retainer in use. .Y 'c

As in my former applications aforesaid, the retainer comprises thetransverse end 70. member 1, having downwardl projecting tianges 2y and3, and the legs or sic e members l, having the flanges 5 and theupstanding cheek members 6, flanged on their tops toprovidehorizontalbearing surfaces 7 to engage under the brass 18. Saidsurfaces, however, areof less width than inthe priorV forms and .in thepresent instance, the front member 1 is divided in the center by the cut8, t-hus changing the device into a two-part structure composed of rightand left hand sections, which are, or may be hinged together by thepintle 13, passed through thecurled ears 14 and 15, formed on theabutting ends of the dividedl front member, respectively,

To detachably secure the parts together, I provide a Vform of latchwhich, as shown in Figs. 14, consists of a swinging member 9, pivoted at10 to the front transverse portion of one of the parts, and engagingbeneath a tongue 11 on the other part. This tongue is or may be punchedand struck up out of the metal of said other part and, after the latchhas been swung into locking positionunder it, the free end of the tonguemay be hammered or bent down, as shown at 12, to retain the latch inplace, while said bent end can easily be raised by a screwdriver, forinstance, when it is desire-d to removethe parts from` the box. In Figs.5-7, the latch has a notch in its free end, which is adapted to engageaV stud 16 carried by the other ypart of the front member 1.

Another feature of improvement andone which is applicable to all theforms of my retainer,consists in concaving the cheek members 6 on arcsconcentric with the journal, so that the latter, in moving laterally,will contact said cheeks over substantially their entire surface insteadof merely along a line. 1l

This concave form of the cheek members 6 is shown at 22 in Figs. 5 and6, which also well show the narrow form of the bearing surfaces, as alsothe top surfaces 23 of the cheek members, which, asappears also in Figs.l and 3, curve downwardly from the rear ends of said surfaces to theends of the side members.

Byreducing the width of the surfaces 7 which Contact the journal bearingbrass and by dividing the retainer into two parts, either hingedtogether or not, it is rendered possible to so turn the parts that theycan be removedV and inserted without jacking up the bearing.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A waste retainer for car axle journal boxes, comprising right andleft hand sections, each composed of an end member and a side member,the latter having an upstanding flange on its inner edge to engage thejournal brass, said members also having downward extending flanges ontheir outer edges, and a swinging latch to loclrsaid end c memberstogether.

2. A waste retainer for car axle journal boxes, comprising right andleft hand sec.- tions, each composed of an end member and a side member,upward extensions on said side members to engage the journal brass, alatch pivoted to one of said endv members, and a tongue on the other endmemberto detachably retain said latch in closed position.

3. A waste retainer for car axle journal boxes, comprising right andleft hand sections, each composed of a short transverse member adaptedto lie in front of one half of the journal collar, and a side memberadapted to vlie alongside the journal, upward extensions on said'sidemembers to engage under the journal brass, and a hinged connectionbetween said two transverse members.

4. A two-part waste retainer for car axle journal boxes, each partcomprising an end portion, adapted to lie across one half of the outerface of the journal, and a side portion, adapted to lie alongside theVjournal and carrying an upward projection, adapted to be engaged by thejournal bearing brass, a hinge connecting said end portions, and arlatch to hold said portions against relative angular movement.

5. In a waste retainer for car axle journal boxes comprising an endmember and side members, cheek members projecting upwardly from theinner edges of said side members and provided with horizontal flanges ontheir tops, adapted to engage the bottom surfaces of the bearing brass,the inner faces of said cheek members being concaved concentrically tothe journal.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

REAMEY H.' DYER.

